Patent-era Sasieni "Viscount Lascelles" To Die For

[sablebrush52]

I just noticed something that I don't recall ever seeing on any pipe before.

Meaning, it might have been there and I just didn't notice it, OR it might be unique.

A playing card type "club" stamped directly on the bottom of the shank near the stem. It's so small it looks like a blemish until you get out some glass and zoom in.

Definitely a deliberately placed, carefully crafted little club symbol.

Sasieni peepul... is this something special?


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That’s a first for me. There’s nothing I’ve seen in any of the various Sasieni materials that mentions anything like this. Were I going to hazard a guess, I’d suggest that it might be an owner’s stamp.

 

[orlandofurioso]

I just noticed something that I don't recall ever seeing on any pipe before.

Meaning, it might have been there and I just didn't notice it, OR it might be unique.

A playing card type "club" stamped directly on the bottom of the shank near the stem. It's so small it looks like a blemish until you get out some glass and zoom in.

Definitely a deliberately placed, carefully crafted little club symbol.

Sasieni peepul... is this something special?


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Almost , or fully, identical to the rare clover stamp/logo on the stem of my early Comoy's Old Bruyere .
A beautiful, sturdy full bent. Unfortunately someone cut off the bit.

 

[ssjones]

That’s a first for me. There’s nothing I’ve seen in any of the various Sasieni materials that mentions anything like this. Were I going to hazard a guess, I’d suggest that it might be an owner’s stamp.

I have not seen this stamp. Could it also have been applied by a shop?

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Nice pipe, old chap, I say, what, what! The Viscount (the "s" is silent) Lascelles: Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Lascelles%2C_6th_Earl_of_Harewood

Yep, vie-count. VIE like "eye".
VIE-count.

LASS-sells.

It's quite a mouthful, especially for a pipe shape. Whew.

 

[mingc]

LASS-sells.

Did all those poshies with French names arrive with the Norman invasion you think?

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Did all those poshies with French names arrive with the Norman invasion you think?

Hell if I know.
I always preferred names like Cnut anyway.

 

[sablebrush52]

I have not seen this stamp. Could it also have been applied by a shop?

Sure! Why not? Early in my Barling collecting I became aware of a dealer who added his own stamped numbers to the regular model numbers.

 

[huntertrw]

A playing card type "club" stamped directly on the bottom of the shank near the stem. It's so small it looks like a blemish until you get out some glass and zoom in.

This is no mystery. It merely indicates that a former owner was a member of a pipe club!

 

[ssjones]

This is no mystery. It merely indicates that a former owner was a member of a pipe club!

We got a winner here!

 

[jpmcwjr]

Or, he could have just made 7 Clubs doubled and redoubled while vulnerable, playing for six pence a point.....and bought the pipe with the winnings, with plenty left over.

Well, it's possible....

 

[jpmcwjr]

Please no one word posts quoting a long screed, esp. on semi-necro posts.

Closed.